I was in class today and I heard the famous last words of Giles Corey, he was crushed
to death during the Salem Witch Trials. Just wondering if you guys have heard or read any good ones.
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this... arrrgh". Think it's apocryphal though.
That wall paper goes, or I do!
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 05, 2011, 03:18:32 PM
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this... arrrgh". Think it's apocryphal though.
That was Sedgwick right?
Quote from: Razgovory on April 05, 2011, 03:39:43 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 05, 2011, 03:18:32 PM
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this... arrrgh". Think it's apocryphal though.
That was Sedgwick right?
Yep.
He actually finished his sentence ("They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance.") and was shot seconds later, after saying "All right, my man; go to your place" to a soldier who was ducking.
Humerous last words are also more than welcome.
"Oh, shit!" - multiple sources.
"Roger, go at throttle up."
Quote from: Zeus on April 05, 2011, 04:03:04 PM
Humerous last words are also more than welcome.
Oh my funny bone!
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on April 05, 2011, 03:56:41 PM
He actually finished his sentence ("They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance.") and was shot seconds later, after saying "All right, my man; go to your place" to a soldier who was ducking.
:yes:
I always liked Kit Carson's last words:
"I just wish I had time for one more bowl of chili." :punk:
"I think I'm becoming a god" :)
Quote from: DGuller on April 05, 2011, 04:08:34 PM
"Oh, shit!" - multiple sources.
Also,
"What the hell is that?"
and
"Hey, hold my beer and watch this!"
"I never should have switched from Scotch to Martinis."
Quote from: Sahib on April 05, 2011, 04:52:32 PM
"I think I'm becoming a god" :)
The Emperor Claudius, right?
"Now is not the time to start making enemies"
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on April 05, 2011, 03:56:41 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on April 05, 2011, 03:39:43 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 05, 2011, 03:18:32 PM
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this... arrrgh". Think it's apocryphal though.
That was Sedgwick right?
Yep.
He actually finished his sentence ("They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance.") and was shot seconds later, after saying "All right, my man; go to your place" to a soldier who was ducking.
This, of course, after hectoring his men about being cowards for ducking to avoid the incoming fire.
http://www.cracked.com/article_16354_the-11-most-badass-last-words-ever-uttered.html (http://www.cracked.com/article_16354_the-11-most-badass-last-words-ever-uttered.html)
Ahhh Cracked. Hey the quote I heard in class is there.
Quote from: Malthus on April 05, 2011, 04:59:14 PM
Quote from: Sahib on April 05, 2011, 04:52:32 PM
"I think I'm becoming a god" :)
The Emperor Claudius, right?
No, it was someone else. I'm trying to remember. I think it was one of the later emperors.
EDIT: I cheated. It was Vespasian.
"What are those mountains doing up here in the clouds..."
"Either this wallpaper goes, or I do" - Oscar Wilde in some grotty French pension.
In a different vein, I've always liked Stonewall Jackson's reputed last words, "Let us cross over the river and sit in the shade of the trees".
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe...Attack ships on fire off the shores of Orion...I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost...like tears in rain.
"Let's cool it brothers" Malcolm X to his assassins
"Am I dying or is this my birthday?"
Lady Astor, who awoke from a fever to see her family gathered by her bedside.
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on April 06, 2011, 12:27:00 AM
"Either this wallpaper goes, or I do" - Oscar Wilde in some grotty French pension.
In a different vein, I've always liked Stonewall Jackson's reputed last words, "Let us cross over the river and sit in the shade of the trees".
Beat you to it.
Quote from: Razgovory on April 06, 2011, 10:37:23 AM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on April 06, 2011, 12:27:00 AM
"Either this wallpaper goes, or I do" - Oscar Wilde in some grotty French pension.
In a different vein, I've always liked Stonewall Jackson's reputed last words, "Let us cross over the river and sit in the shade of the trees".
Beat you to it.
So you did, I was too busy checking for the Stonewall Jackson quote to notice that the Wilde quote had already been mentioned :)
For my fellow grammar Nazis:
I am about to - or I am going to - die: either expression is correct.
Quote from: Brazen on April 06, 2011, 11:09:32 AM
For my fellow grammar Nazis:
I am about to - or I am going to - die: either expression is correct.
Yes, i found that website as well, but didn't mention this quote because I thought the guy was too obscure. I thought it perfect for languish, as well.
Quote from: Brazen on April 06, 2011, 11:09:32 AM
For my fellow grammar Nazis:
I am about to - or I am going to - die: either expression is correct.
I remember that one, but don't recall who it was. For some reason I think it was a clergymen.
Saw a gag on some tv show somewhere awhile ago where a grave was inscribed with "What's the worst thing that could happen...?" . I think I want that on my tombstone, whether it's my actual final words or not. :P
Either may be correct, but "about to" conveys information while "going to" is merely a tautology.
I'd want "Respawning in 5... 4..."
Quote from: Zeus on April 06, 2011, 12:21:09 PM
I'd want "Respawning in 5... 4..."
:lol: That would be great.
overtime you would attract a cult following. Soon it would become an evangelical movement. People would debate whether you meant years, decades, centuries or millenia. On each possible respawn date worshippers would anticipate your resurrection. Some will say it was a prophesy of when the world will end and make large amounts of money convincing others that they must purify themselves before it is too late.
Others will realize you belonged to Languish.
:lol:
"Rez plz?"